Sermons

View the Sermon First Reading = 1 Samuel 16:1-13 16The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul? I have rejected him from being king over Israel. Fill your horn with oil and set out; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among […]

View the Sermon First Reading = 2 Samuel 5:17-25 17When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, all the Philistines went up in search of David; but David heard about it and went down to the stronghold. 18Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the valley of Rephaim. 19David […]

View the Sermon First Reading = 2 Samuel 1:17-27 17David intoned this lamentation over Saul and his son Jonathan. 18(He ordered that The Song of the Bow be taught to the people of Judah; it is written in the Book of Jashar.) He said: 19Your glory, O Israel, lies slain upon your high places! How […]

View the Sermon First Scripture = Mark 10:46-52 46They came to Jericho. As he and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside. 47When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout out and say, “Jesus, Son of […]

View the Sermon Video First Scripture = Exodus 20:1-21 Then God spoke all these words: 2I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; 3you shall have no other gods before me. 4You shall not make for yourself an idol,  whether in the […]

Watch the Sermon First Reading = Psalm 1 1Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path that sinners tread, or sit in the seat of scoffers; 2but their delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law they meditate day and night. 3They are like […]

View the Sermon First Scripture = Isaiah 35:4-10 4Say to those who are of a fearful heart,  “Be strong, do not fear! Here is your God. He will come with vengeance,  with terrible recompense. He will come and save you.”  5Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf […]

View the Sermon Pentecost Reading = Acts 2:1-21 When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. 2And suddenly from heaven there came a  sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house  where they were sitting. 3Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, […]

View the Sermon First Scripture = Romans 8:1-11 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. 3For God has done what the law, weakened  by the flesh, […]

View the Sermon First Scripture = 1 Corinthians 13:1-7 If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2And if I have prophetic powers, and  understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so  as […]

View the Sermon Video First Scripture = Luke 17:11-19 11On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the region between Samaria and Galilee. 12As he entered a village, ten lepers approached him. Keeping their distance, 13they called out, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” 14When he saw them, he said to them, “Go […]

View the Sermon Video First Scripture = 2 Kings 6:15-23 15When an attendant of the man of God rose early in the morning and went out, an army with horses and chariots was all around the city. His servant said, “Alas, master! What shall we do?” 16He replied, “Do not be afraid, for there are […]

Sermon Video First Scripture = Jeremiah 1:4-10 4 Now the word of the Lord came to me saying, 5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,and before you were born I consecrated you;I appointed you a prophet to the nations.” 6 Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Truly I do not know how to speak, […]

View the Sermon Video First Reading = Colossians 3:1-4 So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth, 3for you have died, and your life […]

View the Sermon Video First Reading = Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 1O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his steadfast love endures forever!  2Let Israel say, “His steadfast love endures forever.”  19Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the Lord. 20This is the gate […]

Introduction We are continuing our Lenten series looking at the ways we are prone to wander away from God, and how Jesus points us back in the right direction. Last week we heard how we are prone to fixate on what we think is “normal” and think that God can only be present in the […]

Lay Reader = John 9:1-12 As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God’s works might be revealed in him. 4We must work […]

Sermon begins at the 2:01 mark after the music Lay Reader = Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 4What then are we to say was gained by Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh? 2For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. 3For what does the scripture say? “Abraham […]

Sermon begins at the 3:07 mark after the music Lay Reader = Romans 5:12-19   12Therefore, just as sin came into the  world through one man, and death came through sin, and so death spread  to all because all have sinned— 13sin was indeed in the world before the law, but sin is not reckoned […]

Sermon begins at the 4:06 mark after the music Lay Reader = 2 Thessalonians 3:6-18 6Now we command you, beloved, in  the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from believers who are  living in idleness and not according to the tradition that they received  from us. 7For you yourselves know how you […]